10 · 24 · 15 Un monstruo de mil cabezas by Rodrigo Plá at the 13° FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Gabriel Andrade Espinosa, reportero (@gabolonio) Un monstruo de mil cabezas/A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015) by Rodrigo Plá is part of the Mexican Feature Film Section in competition at the 13th FICM. The Mexican director, who was born in Uruguay, has developed his film career for more than 25 years. His short film Novia mía (1995) won the Best Short Film Award at the Muestra de Cine Mexicano in Guadalajara. His short film, El ojo en la nuca (2000), presented 10 years ago at the third edition of FICM, received the Student Oscar for Best Foreign Short Film and the Ariel Award for Best Fiction Short Film, among other prizes. The four feature films directed by Plá include: La zona (2007), Desierto adentro (2008), La demora (2012) and A Monster with a Thousand Heads, which is competing this year at FICM. His films have received multiple prizes, including the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” award for a debut film at the Venice International Film Festival (La zona), the International Federation of Film Critics award (FIPRESCI) at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (La zona), the Mayahuel award for Best Mexican Film at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (Desierto adentro), the Best Uruguayan Film from the Uruguayan Film and Audiovisual Institute (La demora), and Ariels for Best Director and Best Screenplay (La demora), among many others. Rodrigo Plá The premiere of A Monster of a Thousand Heads was held at a gala event this afternoon with a red carpet and the presence of talent. In the question and answer session, they said: Sandino Saravia on how he prepared for his character: “He is a teenager who denies everything and suddenly reaches a limit, when his father dies and everything falls to pieces. For the creation, I basically used my life as a teenager, because there are several things that I also deny and I tried to bring the two together and I think it worked.” Laura Santullo on where ideas come from to write a story: “What happens to the average person when they are alone to face those monsters? What happens when the average person does not have the support of a state or a government? This case deals with health, but I could spend all night giving examples of impunity where the state is absent.” Following is a gallery of photos of both events.
